Assessment of regional variation in the management of heart failure with a preserved ejection fraction between the Russian Federation and the European Union: the results of the international survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Regional differences in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) care have been reported. We aimed to assess a physician-reported HFpEF management in the Russian Federation (RF) and a variation in the diagnosis and treatment of HFpEF between the RF and the European Union (EU).

Design/settings

It is a post hoc analysis of an academic web-based international HFpEF designed as a cross-sectional survey and conducted between May 2023 and July 2023.

Participants

Medical doctors who work in the fields of cardiology and general medicine.

Results

Among 1460 medical doctors who completed the study were 166 Russian and 646 European specialists. The responders were comparable across the groups in most of the baseline characteristics, except that RF

SUBMITTER: Kuzheleva E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12359425 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature